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last hearing, and i quote, in the last 20 years, 9% of the crime guns in the city of chicago could he traced to the state of mississippi end quote. it is clear that we need a national solution. let me describe briefly the key features of this new legislatios ban of 2013. the bill bans the sale transfer or importation and manufacture of 157 specifically named semiautomatic assault weapons. it ends any other assault weapon which is defined as semiautomatic that can accept a detachable magazine and has won military one military characteristic such as a pistol grip, barrel shroud or folding stock. these features were developed for military weapons to make them more effective and efficient at killing people in close combat situations. the bill prohibits large capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds. this is a crucial part of this legislation. these large magazines and drums make a gun especially dangerous because they allow a shooter to fire 15, 30 and even 100 rounds or more without having to pause to reload. in many instances, like the tragic shooting
last hearing, and i quote, in the last 20 years, 9% of the crime guns in the city of chicago could he traced to the state of mississippi end quote. it is clear that we need a national solution. let me describe briefly the key features of this new legislatios ban of 2013. the bill bans the sale transfer or importation and manufacture of 157 specifically named semiautomatic assault weapons. it ends any other assault weapon which is defined as semiautomatic that can accept a detachable magazine...
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it's a partnership with the city and the surrounding communities. sandia laboratories in austin university of california, berkeley and davis campuses. my question is are just starting to see the projects get off the ground, but if you can imagine the biggest challenge is access to capital, to have an incubator setting where you can have small startups come in medium startups come in and do the work to create local made in america jobs. the couple questions. is there still a role for the federal government to play because i believed in a federal partner are going to activate the region like that. too, what can we do to increase access to capital is a congress so we can see those startups create jobs and when we talk about ecosystems of innovation, how do we also find this pipeline to the students or rehab business is not just creating jobs, but also transferring knowledge to high school and college students were going to be the next generation in those industries. is there a role? how to get access cap will? how do we educate our children? >> will tr
it's a partnership with the city and the surrounding communities. sandia laboratories in austin university of california, berkeley and davis campuses. my question is are just starting to see the projects get off the ground, but if you can imagine the biggest challenge is access to capital, to have an incubator setting where you can have small startups come in medium startups come in and do the work to create local made in america jobs. the couple questions. is there still a role for the federal...
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and in the old days you throw a rock over the wall of the city and you didn't see who you killed, and that's like nuclear weapons. if they used catapults then, today would be nuclear weapons. there's various arguments in that, and people tend to say, oh, that's just religion. people are rational. that's not quite true. religious lines in the middle east are critical. i think that once iran goes nuclear, we're going to have a severe sunni-shiite play, and it's seen as a shiite's bomb threatening the sunni dominance in the middle east. we will probably see very close to that, a pakistani nuclear presence, an extended, and pakistan nigh extended tee -- deterrents in saudi arabia. they financed the nuclear program. they have prior agreement with them that if saudi arabia calls for it, they will provide them with nuclear weapons. i doubt that pakistanis will just deliver a bomb. they would probably station elements in the region, and this is going to raise the question regarding, for the first time, second strike capability against india which would complicate the south asian complex. ease
and in the old days you throw a rock over the wall of the city and you didn't see who you killed, and that's like nuclear weapons. if they used catapults then, today would be nuclear weapons. there's various arguments in that, and people tend to say, oh, that's just religion. people are rational. that's not quite true. religious lines in the middle east are critical. i think that once iran goes nuclear, we're going to have a severe sunni-shiite play, and it's seen as a shiite's bomb threatening...
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they were win the war marching up the eastern sea board destroying city after city. burned down the white house. next stop? baltimore. they came in to the cheese peek bay that model of warships as far as the eye could see, it was looking grim. mchenry was standing there. the general who was in charge of fort mchenry had a large american flag commissioned to fly in front of the fort. the admiral in charge of the british fleet was offended and said take the flag down. you have until dusk to take the flag down. if you don't take it down. we will reduce you to ashes. there was a young amateur coed on the board by francis scott king sent by president madison to obtain the realization of an american physician being held captive. he overheard the british plans. he mourned as dusk approached. he mourned for his young nation. and as the sun fell the bombardment started. bombs bursting in the missiles so much debris he strained was the flay still there? couldn't see a thing. all night long it continued. at the crack of dawn, he ran out to the banister and e looked straining hi
they were win the war marching up the eastern sea board destroying city after city. burned down the white house. next stop? baltimore. they came in to the cheese peek bay that model of warships as far as the eye could see, it was looking grim. mchenry was standing there. the general who was in charge of fort mchenry had a large american flag commissioned to fly in front of the fort. the admiral in charge of the british fleet was offended and said take the flag down. you have until dusk to take...
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julie was once the housing director for the city of chicago and has a special place in her life for it. so thank you, inc. you very much. i would also like to recognize jimmy camp who is here, who's head of the foundation was named for his father, who is the secretary of hud, who i have set in the past with a kind of good working definition of bipartisanship's. it was jack can buy himself. i'm not. [laughter] >> and jimmy was -- he attended the hearing that we had across the country, which were really important in gathering information from across the nation. we thank you in the foundation for your involvement. when the commission began its work, one of the first actions was to examine key demographic trends occurring across the country. an effective housing policy only responds to today's needs, but also anticipates those of the future. our nation is undergoing a profound transformation of society. we are becoming more likely to delay marriage and childbearing and more racially and met with many diverse. members of the echo boom generation, 62 million americans born between 1981 and 1
julie was once the housing director for the city of chicago and has a special place in her life for it. so thank you, inc. you very much. i would also like to recognize jimmy camp who is here, who's head of the foundation was named for his father, who is the secretary of hud, who i have set in the past with a kind of good working definition of bipartisanship's. it was jack can buy himself. i'm not. [laughter] >> and jimmy was -- he attended the hearing that we had across the country,...
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roughly 70% of the global population migrates to cities by 2050. further away where the food is grown, requiring new ways to prevent waste and enhanced nutrition. here is another illustration. one should stick out from all the statistics that i have thrown at you so far, the fact that there is one thing that i hope you will remember from my remarks this morning, it would be this. it is just breathtaking to me just to say this. a full 30 to 50% of food in the world goes to waste or is on eaton. that is one of the most amazing statistics that i will ever articulate. up to half of our total global output. roughly 85% of the food produced never crosses international borders. that is a major obstacle in the world. when it comes down to it, we need to produce more, higher quality, more nutritious food. .. and many forms seeing each and every single day. we can connect rural farmers to expansion markets and best practices that the use of mobile technology, improving crop yields. we can enhance nutritional content of crops and foods through fortification t
roughly 70% of the global population migrates to cities by 2050. further away where the food is grown, requiring new ways to prevent waste and enhanced nutrition. here is another illustration. one should stick out from all the statistics that i have thrown at you so far, the fact that there is one thing that i hope you will remember from my remarks this morning, it would be this. it is just breathtaking to me just to say this. a full 30 to 50% of food in the world goes to waste or is on eaton....
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you move towards a freer environment of the city and move from the south to the north and that is what most people did. in the process of doing that, some of it became politicized. >> host: because they expected things to be markedly different in the north. they didn't think racism was in the north. >> guest: in the north they are not going to be murdered for taking a stand. and so in the relatively freer environment they are able to really create the conditions for the modern movement. >> host: talk about some of the people of the movement. those in sncc and those nclc and others. who were the people who'd -- was a king, was that nocco max? was that the death of medgar evers? >> guest: all of the above. all of them had different roles. one of the ways in which i try to explain this is rosa parks made martin luther king possible. martin luther king didn't make rosa parks possible. if she hadn't done what she did by refusing to give a per seat on the montgomery bus martin luther king would have simply been an articulate, well meaning baptist minister. it's because of rosa parks that we
you move towards a freer environment of the city and move from the south to the north and that is what most people did. in the process of doing that, some of it became politicized. >> host: because they expected things to be markedly different in the north. they didn't think racism was in the north. >> guest: in the north they are not going to be murdered for taking a stand. and so in the relatively freer environment they are able to really create the conditions for the modern...
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to citizenship to bring the estimated 11 citi undocumented immigrant in this country out ofth the shadows and into the full life of the of th american dream. an texas, we know firsthand the administration is the purpose or the ground along the border than any other time in our history be which has led to an president or success in removing dangerous h individuals from the records.ges democrats and republicans agreer to work to ensure america's safety andds security is ongoing and should be a part of any future legislative agenda. the reform you have on the table are also profamily andso pro-business. outdated visa allocations separate husbands and wives, mothers a and children and brothers and sisters for years and sometimes decades make nond sense. whileics no sense that some employers exploit employees, employers choose to throw out the rule of law and exploit employees, others companies are handcuffed by rigid employment ceilings and burdensome regulations. every year as competition increases across the globe, american companies throw up their hands and watch engineers, nurses and entr
to citizenship to bring the estimated 11 citi undocumented immigrant in this country out ofth the shadows and into the full life of the of th american dream. an texas, we know firsthand the administration is the purpose or the ground along the border than any other time in our history be which has led to an president or success in removing dangerous h individuals from the records.ges democrats and republicans agreer to work to ensure america's safety andds security is ongoing and should be a...
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michigan has universal background checks and also the most violent cities in the country. i said how does this work in michigan? everybody ignores them. if you have a law that is difficult or impossible to enforce or get people to follow, all you do is encourage people not to encourage content to the law. i have not seen the specific or puzzles me. i don't think any of us has because they haven't been released. which is not talking slogans and desires. but i find it difficult to imagine any way in which that kind of private transaction can be recovered. when you combine that with the fact the very surveys is not how criminals get their guns. the question is -- it's not me. i was guilty of the last time. [laughter] so what you're doing is putting a heavy burdened and somebody who's never done anything wrong, to exercise fundamental rights with little or no gain at the other end. so were talking a practical problem. >> the nra will not be supporting any additional measures to background checks. >> we've been urging for 20 years that those adjudicated should be included in th
michigan has universal background checks and also the most violent cities in the country. i said how does this work in michigan? everybody ignores them. if you have a law that is difficult or impossible to enforce or get people to follow, all you do is encourage people not to encourage content to the law. i have not seen the specific or puzzles me. i don't think any of us has because they haven't been released. which is not talking slogans and desires. but i find it difficult to imagine any way...
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he needs to go after the shia militias in the baghdad neighborhood of cedar city. prime minister maliki told his predecessor, stay out of cedar city because the habit of militia was in some alliance with maliki. trace comes in and just does it. since this guy is going cedar city and assembly for approval. within nine months, this is actually working. there is a huge decline in sectarian violence, a huge to client and casualties of all kinds. but here is where we come in to the problem and the problem with the counterinsurgency theory generally. petraeus has said all along that the whole idea of this campaign was to create some breathing space. the iraqi factions, sunni, shia, kurds and others can get their act together. they can forge a coherent government without having to worry about getting blown up every 10 months. the problem was maliki, the leader of iraq had no interest in setting up an oil revenue sharing plan. he had no interest in bringing in a lot of these sons of iraq militants into the army, which had been promised. he had no interest in settling prope
he needs to go after the shia militias in the baghdad neighborhood of cedar city. prime minister maliki told his predecessor, stay out of cedar city because the habit of militia was in some alliance with maliki. trace comes in and just does it. since this guy is going cedar city and assembly for approval. within nine months, this is actually working. there is a huge decline in sectarian violence, a huge to client and casualties of all kinds. but here is where we come in to the problem and the...